Videomail for Ninja Forms

Changelog

10.5.5 (20 Jun 2026)

Security
* Now headless web scrapers are correctly identified, reported and not wasting server resources, especially those from China.

Improvement
* Simplified display of error messages, especially around security.

10.5.4 (18 Jun 2026)

Improvement
* Add extra diagnostic about bots and web scrapers, this to save your server resources.
* Reduce bundle size for faster page loads

10.5.3 (16 Jun 2026)

Improvement
* Split creation of WebSockets and Streams for further diagnostics
* Slower bundle sizes for faster loading times

10.5.2 (1 Jun 2026)

Improvement
* Collect more diagnostic upon WebSocket related errors

Fix
* Create WebSocket first before the stream

10.5.1 (30 May 2026)

Fix
* Proper usage of Websocket stream constructors for stricter browser

10.5.0 (29 May 2026)

Fix
* Invalid Socket URLs from WordPress configurations are now detected earlier.
* URLs with trailing whitespaces and special characters are now trimmed and encoded properly.

Chore
* Upgrade VC dependency

10.4.0 (26 May 2026)

Improvement
* New features: comments and threads are supported now.

Change:
* Any errors from this plugin now come with a new name for better error separation.

Fix
* Replace release script with manual git commands
* Do not override error explanations on edge error cases
* Better video recording support for older mobiles (frame control)

Chore
* Upgrade VC dependency
* Bump Babel dependencies for better mobile and browser support

10.3.1 (10 May 2026)

Fix
* Replace release script with manual git commands

10.3.0 (10 May 2026)

Fix
* More robust error display over WebSockets

Chore
* Upgrade VC dependency
* Bump Node.js to v24.15.0

Change:
* Early preparation for video replies. More to come 😉

10.2.1 (1 Apr 2026)

Fix
* Make WebSocket connection more robust

Chore
* Upgrade VC dependency
* Switch Prettier extension

10.2.0 (21 Mar 2026)

Change:
* Remove obsolete WebSocket options to reduce race-condition related errors

Chore
* Upgrade VC dependency
* Apply patches
* Export types

10.1.0 (7 Feb 2026)

Improvement
* Corrected documentation about whitelist key and polished its formatting further

Chore
* Upgrade VC dependency
* Polished dev documentation

Change:
* Upgrade pipeline dependencies

10.0.0 (12 Jan 2026)

Change:
* Breaking: renamed site_name to whitelist_key. Retrieve your whitelist key on https://www.videomail.io/whitelist

9.1.1 (8 Jan 2026)

Improvement
* Some error messages are more user friendlier, less technical. Sorry 🙂

Fix
* Correct height of videos, this by making it more responsive to your environment

Change:
* Lay out the foundation for the upcoming new whitelist management. There a no breaking changes.

Chore
* Apply security patches

9.1.0 (4 Dec 2025)

Improvement
* Videomail button states (enabled/disabled) are now more robust, especially for mobile devices
* Video recording duration can be limited on the spot

Change:
* Accessibility: no more auto play – users have to click on the play button first before watching
* Bump to Node.js v24
* Replace deprecated prettier with the latest version

Fix
* Do not emit resize event when not built

Chore
* Upgrade VC dependency
* Polished dev documentation

9.0.1 (2 Nov 2025)

Improvement
* More user friendlier error messages for missing inputs

Change:
* Include recording location which will assist investigating technical issues

Fix
* Rename wrong option name from ninjaFormPlugin to videomailNinjaFormPlugin

Chore
* Upgrade VC dependency

9.0.0 (21 Oct 2025)

Change:
* Breaking change: switch to new Videomail API endpoint.

8.3.1 (17 Oct 2025)

Fix
* Adds one missing comma 🙂

8.3.0 (17 Oct 2025)

Improvement
* Adds new advanced option “disableFormWhenSubmitting” to increase security during form submissions.

Change:
* Defaults that new option “disableFormWhenSubmitting” to false, because plugins overlap with each other.

Chore
* Upgrade VC dependency

8.2.0 (8 Oct 2025)

Fix
* Exclude videomail-client from LiteSpeed

Chore
* Upgrade VC dependency
* Upgrade Node.js

8.1.1 (26 Sept 2025)

Fix
* Rename minified files to prevent LiteSpeed from minifying them all over again, see https://github.com/litespeedtech/lscache_wp/issues/908

8.1.0 (23 Sept 2025)

Fix
* Clear LiteSpeed Cache when upgrading this plugin, see https://github.com/litespeedtech/lscache_wp/issues/895

Chore
* Upgrade VC dependency and re-release complete build

8.0.3 (2 Sept 2025)

Fix
* Rearrange loading of Videomail-Client assets

8.0.2 (2 Sept 2025)

Chore
* Upgrade VC dependency and re-release complete build

8.0.1 (27 Aug 2025)

Fix
* Upgrade all libraries related to releasing new versions to WP.org

8.0.0 (25 Aug 2025)

Change:
* Embrace the new upcoming Videomail features around user authentication, associating them with registered users
* They are not released yet, although, to avoid downtime and migrations, we are releasing new data structures early.
* Bonus: there more fun waiting animations to enjoy during encoding 😉

Fix
* On the side, an important bug has been fixed where failed deliveries are properly reported back

Chore
* Upgrade all dependencies to latest versions. All tested.

7.1.1 (25 June 2025)

Improvement:
* Allow logins while recording

Chore
* Upgrade Videomail-Client for big upcoming changes
* Polish changelog

7.1.0 (15 May 2025)

Improvement
* Also serialize unhandled play promises for more stability on Android phones

Chore
* Upgrade Videomail-Client

7.0.9 (21 Apr 2025)

Improvement
* Also serialize all error variables from web sockets

Chore
* Upgrade Videomail-Client

7.0.8 (9 Apr 2025)

Improvement
* Serialize all error variables for improved error reporting

Chore
* Upgrade Videomail-Client

Fix
* Corrects invalid version for the “Tested up to” field

7.0.7 (18 March 2025)

Improvement:
* More robust error reporting from mobile devices

Chore:
* Upgrade Videomail-Client
* Export more types

7.0.5 (5 Feb 2025)

Improvement:
* Properly recognizes full height of iPhone devices

7.0.4 (2 Feb 2025)

Chore:
* Upgrade Videomail-Client

7.0.3 (31 Jan 2025)

Improvement:
* Inject version in error reports

7.0.2 (30 Jan 2025)

Fix:
* Remove invalid import statement

7.0.1 (15 Jan 2025)

Improvement:
* Proper versions of anything are properly recorded for any error reports

Change:
* Bumps Videomail-Client to latest version

7.0.0 (21 Dec 2024)

Change:
* After video processing, pick the correct API response (intelligence)

Fix:
* Revert invalid imports (ESM back to UMD)

Improvement:
* Better error messages (more human friendly)

6.0.0 (29 Nov 2024)

Change:
* Upgrade Videomail-Client to v10 (15% faster)

5.3.0 (13 Sep 2024)

Improvement:
* Speed: all is about 20% faster

Change:
* Upgrade runs on Node.js v22

Bugs:
* No conflicts when React is on the same page
* Pause + Resume video recording won’t crash when hit too many times

5.2.1 (30 Jun 2024)

Improvement:
* New option “stretch’ to let the video take full width of the parent container, regardless of the webcam resolution.
* Improve documentation for developers

Change:
* Upgrade internal dependencies

Bugs:
* Do not lint before build completes

5.1.1 (13 Jun 2024)

Change:
* Upgrade Node.js and npm
* Tested on WordPress v6.5.4

Bugs:
* Correct invalid tags

5.1.0 (24 Feb 2024)

Improvement:
* New option: “load_user_media_on_record”. When enabled, webcam permission are only being asked for when user hits record button

5.0.2 (21 Nov 2023)

Change:
* Upgrade deployment tools

5.0.1 (21 Nov 2023)

Bugs:
* Fix deployment issues

5.0.0 (19 Nov 2023)

Change:
* Internal technical improvements for releasing new versions
* Internal technical change: Bump to NodeJS v20 and npm v9

4.0.16 (14 Jul 2023)

Bugs:
* Fix versioning

4.0.15 (14 Jul 2023)

Bugs:
* Fix versioning

4.0.14 (14 Jul 2023)

Bugs:
* Fix versioning

4.0.13 (14 Jul 2023)

Bugs:
* Fix boolean check for media library addition

4.0.12 (12 Jul 2023)

Bugs:
* Fix a releasing issue

4.0.11 (12 Jul 2023)

Bugs:
* Do not save to media library when disabled

Change:
* Deliver un-minified JS for easier debugging

4.0.10 (29 June 2023)

Bugs:
* Repair broken bash comment

4.0.9 (29 June 2023)

Bugs:
* Repair broken repo syncing

4.0.8 (29 June 2023)

Bugs:
* Repair broken versioning

4.0.6 (29 June 2023)

Bugs:
* Bump videomail-client which resolves a bug when webcam permissions are missing.

4.0.5 (29 May 2023)

Change:
* Rebuild lockfile

4.0.4 (29 May 2023)

Change:
* Include target folder

4.0.3 (29 May 2023)

Change:
* Internal technical improvements for versioning

4.0.2 (29 May 2023)

Change:
* Internal technical improvements for development

4.0.1 (29 May 2023)

Change:
* Upgrade Videomail-Client

Improvement:
* Prefer serving MP4 over WebM movies (better coverage, especially on mobiles)

4.0.0 (31 Dec 2022)

Change:
* Bump all dependencies and rebuild with NodeJS v18

3.13.1 (23 Sep 2022)

Improvement:
* Better detection of supported video types

3.13.0 (22 Sep 2022)

Bugs:
* Fixes broken video type detection

3.12.0 (3 Sep 2022)

Improvements:
* Audio and Video 99.9% in sync now

Tasks:
* Upgrade all inside dependencies without breaking changes.

3.11.2 (11 Jun 2022)

Tasks:
* Tested everything on latest WordPress v6.0.0 and works well

Change:
* Upgraded all internal libraries, especially Videomail-Client on npm (they come with lots of stability fixes)

3.11.1 (28 Aug 2021)

Change:
* Just a maintenance bump using latest Videomail-Client
* Better treatment of undefined form inputs

3.11.0 (19 Jul 2021)

Change:
* Switch to node.js v16 and npm v7.18
* Runs security audit toward all dependencies

3.10.4 (12 Jul 2021)

Change:
* Countdown and pause texts are bolder now

3.10.3 (29 Jan 2021)

Bugs:
* Another workaround for more global pollution situations

3.10.2 (29 Jan 2021)

Bugs:
* Works for older Backbone versions too or when other plugins pollute its global scope.

3.10.1 (5 Dec 2020)

Change:
* Bump min required and tested versions

3.10.0 (5 Dec 2020)

Bugs:
* Make it work along with the Conditional Logic add-on
* Required attribute works again with latest WP and Ninja Form versions

Change:
* Upgrades Videomail dependency

3.9.8 (20 Oct 2020)

Bugs:
* Fixed wrong FPS calculation. Now overall quality of encoded videos won’t be impacted when connectivity deteriorates toward the end.

Change:
* Upgrades Videomail dependency

3.9.7 (9 Sept 2020)

Improvements:
* Better release procedure
* Consistent source code

3.9.6 (16 Jun 2020)

Change:
* Upgrades Videomail dependency

3.9.5 (16 Jun 2020)

Bugs:
* Flip video feed horizontally to match with reality (all webcams are inverted by default)

3.9.4 (13 Mar 2020)

Bugs:
* Ping more often to keep connection alive
* Also submit disabled form inputs

3.9.3 (7 Nov 2019)

Bugs:
* Do not enable audio when already false

3.9.2 (7 Nov 2019)

Bugs:
* Repaired merging fields into strings

3.8.1 (7 Nov 2019)

Bugs:
* Repair readme.txt

3.8.0 (6 Nov 2019)

Change:
* Lots improved under the hood, updated many libraries for speed and security.

Bugs:
* Works again on IE11

3.7.4 (3 Sep 2019)

Bugs:
* Fix invalid URLs for Windows machines

3.7.3 (27 Aug 2019)

Bugs:
* Correct error message when on insecure HTTP with recommendation to switch to HTTPS
* Works again on older iPhones

Change:
* Replaced lots of old code with modern code.

3.7.2 (8 May 2019)

Change:
* Better readystate handling for faster page loads
* Improved error messages for iOS on Chrome
* Faster websocket streams

3.7.1 (14 Jan 2019)

Change:
* Audio now enabled by default
* Improved documentation

Bugs:
* More robust with exotic browsers
* Correct bad spelling

3.6.0 (17 March 2018)

Change:
* Moved to a new, public repository and free now

3.5.0 (17 February 2018)

Features:
* New option: save to media library – so that you can reuse the video for posts or pages yay!
* New option: image quality – with this you can improve video in cost of bandwidth

Bugs:
* Much better error handling

3.4.3 (21 December 2017)

Bugs:
* Now it does not mess with other rich content text editors anymore.

3.4.2 (12 December 2017)

Bugs:
* Added missing licensing field under settings

3.4.0 (12 October 2017)

Features:
* Now works on iPhones running on iOS11 and on Safari v11, yay.

Bugs:
* Now works as an optional input (= not as a required field)

3.3.3 (9 September 2017)

Bugs:
* Make it work again on all Edge browsers

3.3.2 (27 July 2017)

Bugs:
* Do not zip extension in another zip.

Changes:
* Bump videomail-client using ES6 code
* Improved error messages

3.3.1 (12 July 2017)

Initial Release